Maritime in Minutes - February 2022

Catch up on last month’s maritime news in just a few minutes with The Maritime Podcast. The latest episode of Maritime in Minutes takes the listener on a short journey through some of the most significant and interesting stories in the world of maritime that happened during the month of February. Seatrade Maritime News Editor, Marcus Hand, and Europe Editor, Gary Howard, discuss and comment on the stories that stood out on Seatrade Maritime News during the last month. The episode features – Revitalisation plan for US maritime; Dual-fuel retrofit potential; Container line mega-earnings; Box line schedule reliability; Cyberattack vectors for shipping; CMA CGM plastic waste cargo ban; Shoreside power in Europe; Discussions on dual-fuel operations; the Felicity Ace; and the impact of the Ukraine crisis – fuel prices, sanctions and port call bans. Links to stories featured in this episode of Maritime in Minutes: https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/regulation/open-registry-23bn-hub-port-revitalisation-bid-us-maritime (Open registry, $2.3bn hub port in revitalisation bid for US maritime) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ship-operations/man-massive-number-existing-ships-have-engine-conversion-potential (MAN – 'massive number' of existing ships have engine conversion potential) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/hapag-lloyd-operating-profit-rises-sevenfold (Hapag-Lloyd operating profit rises sevenfold) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/maersk-expects-repeat-record-24bn-earnings-2022 (Maersk expects to repeat record $24bn earnings in 2022) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/container-line-reliability-take-8-9-months-recover (Container line reliability to take 8 – 9 months to recover) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/technology/supply-chain-boom-turns-boxships-attractive-cyberattack-targets (Supply chain boom turns boxships attractive cyberattack targets) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/tankers/concordia-evaluates-tanker-containership-conversion (Concordia evaluates tanker to cont